Archive for January, 2008
Casualty spin-off role for Charity
Sense and Sensibility’s Charity Wakefield will star in upcoming soap spin-off, Casualty 1907.That period drama is just one of two major projects set to boost her profile this year. She can also be seen with The Bill’s Amita Dhiri in new movie Act of God. That thriller will feature Max Brown, who played Mark Russell [...]
Last night on television: Charity Wakefield in Rapunzel (BBC1)
It seems like Gerard O’Donovan in the Telegraph liked it: Cross dressing, cod lesbianism and idiocy on the international tennis circuit probably wouldn’t be most people’s idea of the perfect background for a modern reappraisal of a classic fairy tale. But unlikely as it may seem, BBC1’s reworking of Rapunzel as a slapstick comedy, in [...]
Fairy Tales – Rapunzel
Ep 1/4 Drama BBC ONE Four classic fairy tales made famous by The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault – Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor’s New Clothes and Billy Goats Gruff – are re-invigorated and updated by contemporary writers Ed Roe, Richard Pinto, Anil Gupta, Debbie Horsfield and Jeremy Dyson and brought to life [...]